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This book is a quick guide to the key components of trauma center administration, management, and patient care. This book provides essential information for hospitals working toward trauma center designation, and for established trauma centers who want to improve their performance. This book provides trauma center personnel with a comprehensive overview of trauma center  administrative structure, basic clinical operations, performance improvement and site visit preparation and examines the most common critical injuries seen by trauma centers to demonstrate how a properly functioning center addresses multiple priorities in critically ill patients.  This book provides critical information for hospitals looking toward becoming a trauma center and established trauma centers that wants to improve their performance.

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“Surgeons, anesthesiologists, interventional radiologists, hospital administrators, and trauma coordinators of all levels will gain insight from reading this text. Dr Young’s study will prove to be especially valuable for new Level I centers, as well as Level II centers that are aiming to receive Level I designation.” (Victoria Knott and Ozan Akca, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 131 (3), September, 2020)

Surgeons, anesthesiologists, interventional radiologists, hospital administrators, and trauma coordinators of all levels will gain insight from reading this text. Dr Young's study will prove to be especially valuable for new Level I centers, as well as Level II centers that are aiming to receive Level I designation. (Victoria Knott and Ozan Akca, Anesthesia & Analgesia, Vol. 131 (3), September, 2020)

This book is written for practitioners and medical directors. ... This book is an interesting read from an administration and hospital policy standpoint. (Jacy M O'Keefe, Doody's Book Reviews, April 24, 2020)

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Jeffrey Young, MD, MBAProfessor of SurgeryDirector, Trauma CenterDivision Chief, Acute Care SurgeryUniversity of VirginiaCharlottesville VA

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